Entry # 6

Hello Group-Mates!,

Heres a recap of my last lectures of the week!

1) Adolescent Development - EXAM ON MONDAY! AHH!  Well this week we learned a great deal about adolescents and the effects of adolescents working during High School.  Turns out the great outcomes of students working during high school actually are not so great.  There is little evidence to suggest that teens in the work force actually benefit them, however there is evidence that ties teens who work to aggressive behavior, and other not so productive things!  I thought that was really interesting. 
Random picture I found off of google of a teen working:

2) Honors Colloquium - Next week our group presents our project, we ended up doing a 20 slide project that defines the theme of "where we belong" by taking a look at its complimentary idea, To define where we belong, we decided to take a look at where we don't belong.
Example:  We do not belong with a pack of cheetahs! 

On another note, I enjoyed reading all of your blogs and it was fun getting to know a little bit more about each and every one of you :).

Best Regards,
Christopher G

Entry #5

Hello Fellow GroupMates!,

Ok so the last two days were a little hectic for me, I have an exam on Monday, and like a crazy amount of things do next week. GAH!

Here is a Breakdown of my Last Two Days!


List of Classes / Topics
1) Mathematical Reasoning (Proofs) - Ok so today we proved Euclid's Division Algorithm, which wasn't too bad because I accidentally proved it  a couple of homework's ago.  The proof we did in class was really cool to see, I used so many properties that I wasn't thinking too much about at the time but now I see hoe essential they are for the proof.  
It was weird, I looked at the calendar, and I got a little upset, I really don't want this class to end, it is such a fun class, :/.  


Euclidean Algorithm


2) Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms - We went over some divide an conquer algorithm and went through the proof on something (honestly I could not follow, I'm pretty sure no one followed the proof), which is upsetting because I would really like to understand the proof.  However since I will not be graded on it, I guess I should just put it off and actually start to understand the stuff I need to know to get out of the class.

Here is a link to the Divide and Conquer Algorithm
Divide_and_conquer_algorithm

3) Modern High School Mathematics - We started talking about our Unit Plans which are due in a couple of weeks, and some requirements for the 6-9 page paper I have to write by Wednesday.  


Side Note:
I am pretty sure that I would love to be a teacher, but the education major just seems to be getting the best of me.  I guess I shouldn't learn how to be a teacher while I'm still working on being a student.  Maybe I will go into teaching one day, I guess it is just not now.  At the beginning of the semester I was so passionate about being a teacher and how I can make a difference.  And now I find myself questioning if this is really what I should do.  I know that I will love the job, but honestly I absolutely hate how the Educational System is in America, I think it is absolutely wrong and it should be changed (I will not get into this)... Oh well, I guess its just something I need to think about.

Until next time guys, 

Chris G.

Entry # 4

Hello Group Mates!,

I have an exam this Monday and an exam next Monday, plus countless numbers of homework assignments, and readings and papers and projects and. . . It sure seems to be Mid/Late Semester alright.

I hate that my time to sleep, eat, and work out slowly diminishes as the semester progresses (I am SO taking wayyyy less credits next semester).

What did I learn this week?

Well so Far . . .

1) Math Reasoning - We learned a new method of proof, by using the contrapositive of the well ordering principal, we can now prove claims by a combination of contradiction applications of proof by induction.

Interesting . . .

2) Adolescent Development - Learned about the effects of age segregation in Adolescents.

3) Modern High School Mathematics - Still discussing probability and ways to introduce probability to High School students.

4) Algorithms - Learned about divide and conquer method, the proof for the divide and conquer method (wish I could understand it :/ ).

5) Recitation for Algorithms - Talked about what we learned in lecture....


THIS IS ALL I WANT RIGHT NOW!

 But my dog decided to eat the ones I brought home off of the corner of our dining room table :(.


Best Regards,
Christopher Ghanem